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Hurricane Ike Five Years Later: Photos Show Damage, and Recovery, in Houston and Galveston

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In downtown Houston, a man walks among the debris from Hurricane Ike on Sept.12, 2008. (Daniel Kramer/Houston Press)

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In downtown Houston, a man walks among the debris from Hurricane Ike on Sept.12, 2008. (Daniel Kramer/Houston Press)

On September 13, 2008, Hurricane Ike made landfall in Texas at the north end of Galveston Island, sending a 10- to 15-foot storm surge into Galveston and parts of the western end of Galveston Bay, and up to a 20-foot surge over the Bolivar Peninsula and parts of Chambers County, Texas.

Virtually every structure on parts of the Bolivar Peninsula was wiped away. Broken glass littered streets in downtown Houston.

Ike was responsible for $29.5 billion in damage, making it the second-costliest U.S. hurricane on record, second only to Katrina at the time. Since then, 2012's Superstorm Sandy topped Ike's financial losses.

Houston Press Photographer Daniel Kramer (Facebook | Twitter) captured photos around Galveston and the rest of the Houston metro area directly after Hurricane Ike's landfall. Kramer returned to the same spots five years later to capture how the area had changed. He is sharing some of his photos with Weather.com in the slideshow above. Check out the entire collection of Hurricane Ike photos in this Houston Press story.

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